1-2-3 Program Evaluation Summary

Here are the results from the members of the 1st Unitarian Church in Portland, Oregon after their participation in the 1-2-3 Response to Global Warming Campaign.

How do your results compare?

  • Total Households Pledging: 416 
  • Yearly reduction of carbon dioxide: 579,000 Lbs.

  • Total Pledging Households Completing Surveys: 191 (46%)

Question #1:

Did the information provided to you during the course of this program make you feel that global warming was:

  • More of a problem: 80 (42%)
  • Less of a problem: 2 (1%)
  • About the same: 109 (57%)

Question #2:

To the best of your recollection, have you:

  • Fulfilled all that was pledged: 105 (55%)
  • Fulfilled some that was pledged: 83 (43%)
  • Fulfilled none that was pledged: 0 (0%)
  • Can’t remember: 3 (2%)

Question #3:

If you fulfilled all or some of your pledge, do you plan to continue those actions?

  • Plan to continue actions taken: 182 (95%)
  • Don’t plan to continue: 0 (0%)
  • No answer: 9 (5%)

Question #4:

If you fulfilled some or all your pledge, did you also take additional actions to reduce global warming?

  • Took additional actions beyond the 1-2-3: 120 (63%)
  • Didn’t take additional actions: 54 (28%)
  • No answer: 17 (9%)

Question #5:

Did you happen to tell anyone else, a friend or acquaintance, about this program? If so, please specify, to the best of your recollection, how many people you told (total per household):

  • Didn’t tell anyone about the program: 67 (35%)
  • Told one person about the program: 20 (10%)
  • Told 2-3 people: 65 (34%)
  • Told 4-5 people: 13 (7%)
  • Told more than 5 people: 18 (9%)
  • No answer: 8 (4%)

For those who didn't pledge:

51 people who didn’t participate in the 1-2-3 completed an evaluation. The reasons given were:

  • Already doing some, all, or more than the 1-2-3: 29 (57%)
  • Didn’t get around to it: 10 (20%)
  • Didn’t know about it: 9 (18%)
  • Don’t like the idea of pledging: 6 (12%)
  • Too busy: 2 (4%)
  • Unable to do what was asked by the 1-2-3: 6 (12%)
  • Object to the program: 2 (4%)
  • Other: 8 (16%)

Numbers sometimes total more or less than 100% because of multiple responses and rounding.